Abbreviations

The abbreviations used in CEMR, including Street Type, State, and Directional abbreviations are listed below.

 

Street Type Abbreviations

Street

Abbreviation

Type

Central

    

Addition

ADDN

    

Air Force Base

AFB

    

Annex

ANX

    

Apartments

APTS

    

Arcade

ARCD

    

Avenue

AV

    

Bank

 

    

Base

BS

    

Block

BLK

    

Boulevard

BLVD

    

Building

BLDG

    

Campground

 

    

Canyon

CYN

    

Causeway

CSWY

    

Center

CTR

    

Circle

CIR

    

Community

 

    

Company

CO

    

Concourse

CONC

    

Condominium(s)

CONDOS

    

Convention

 

    

County

 

    

Course

 

    

Court

CT

    

Courthouse

CTHSE

    

Creek

CK

    

Crescent

CRSCNT

    

Crossing

CRSG

    

Dormitory

 

    

Drive

DR

    

Esplanade

ESPLND

    

Estate

 

    

Estate(s)

EST(S)

    

Extension

EXT

    

Field

 

    

Freeway

FRWY

    

Gulch

GULCH

    

Heights

HTS

    

Highway

HWY

    

Highway Carrier Route

HCR#

    

Historical

 

    

Home

 

    

Hospital

 

    

House

 

    

Housing

 

    

Incorporated

INC

    

Interstate Highway

I#

    

Junction

JCTN

    

Junior

 

    

Lake

LK

    

Lane

LN

    

Loop

LP

    

Mall

ML

    

Manor

 

    

Marina

 

    

Memorial

 

    

Mobile

 

    

Mobile Home

 

    

Mount

MT

    

Mountain

MTN

    

Park

PK

    

Parkway

PKWY

    

Pass

PS

    

Peak

PEAK

    

Place

PL

    

Plaza

 

    

Pike

PKE

    

Point

PT

    

Pond

PD

    

Promenade

PROM

    

Ranch

RCH

    

Range

RNG

    

Resident

 

    

Ridge

RDG

    

Road

RD

    

Roadway

RDWY

    

Route

RT

    

Run

RUN

    

Rural Route

 

    

Saint

 

    

Senior

 

    

Square

 

    

Station

STA

    

Stravenue

STRAV

    

Street

ST

    

Subdivision

 

    

Terrace

TERR

    

Thoroughfare

THRF

    

Thruway

THRWY

    

Trail

TR

    

Trailer

 

    

Trailer Court

 

    

Trailer Park

TRLPRK

    

Turnpike

TRNPK

    

University

 

    

Valley

VLY

    

View

VW

    

Village

VLG

    

Walk

WK

    

Walkway

WKY

    

Way

WY

    

 

 

State Abbreviations

State

Abbreviation

Arizona

AZ

Colorado

CO

Idaho

ID

Iowa

IA

Minnesota

MN

Montana

MT

Nebraska

NE

New Mexico

NM

North Dakota

ND

Oregon

OR

South Dakota

SD

Utah

UT

Washington

WA

Wyoming

WY

 

 

 

 

Directional Abbreviations
Central, Western, and Eastern

 

Single Directions

  

Single directions must be abbreviated to one alphabetic character.

N - North            E - East

S - South            W - West

  

Exceptions

Central

Single directions as part of the street name or at the end of a street name must be spelled out.

12 NORTH FORK RD

300 N 200 SOUTH

  

Western

If a street name is a single alphabetic character and there is a directional, the directional must be spelled in full.

12 NORTH A

  

Eastern

Single directions as part of the street name or at the end of a street name must be spelled out.

12 NORTH FORK RD

300 N 200 SOUTH

  

Related Topics

Acronyms and Definitions